Virtual PC and Windows 3.11

NitricAcid666

Guys please give me your opinion, im not sure if this is in the right spot, but windows 3.11 is intalled with 16 colors, i know it supports 256 colors im not sure if it can higher. windows 3.11/ dos is on my virtual pc. is there a way to give it more colors and possibably sound. ~ Justin

Q

Look @ the VPC help file to see what hardware it emulates, then look for a driver for it.

-Q

PS. Actually, there are better places. *Moved to Windows Support*

JackTheStripper

It uses some S3 card. Get an S3 generic driver and see what happens.

Slash

Just install S3 trio drivers and you'll get much more colors.

nightice

I think I have some Trio64V+ drivers somewhere...

noone

put up a link! ive been looking for (working ones) for months!

Slash

I have. IM me if you need.

wingzeroismine

www.driverguide.com
they have drivers for almost anything...

Annorax

I did this as well, you do need the S3 Trio drivers as listed above. You can get it to run at high res true color fine.

Are you able to get sound and internet working too?

Slash

Annorax wrote:

I did this as well, you do need the S3 Trio drivers as listed above. You can get it to run at high res true color fine.

Are you able to get sound and internet working too?

My sound and internet works pretty good from WFW3.11 on a Virtual Machine...

Annorax

When I got my Windows 3.11 to work, it was pretty impressive, I didn't know it could handle high res graphics and all that. The only thing I could never get to work is my mouse scroll wheel...

noone

wingzeroismine wrote:

www.driverguide.com
they have drivers for almost anything...

when winworld was down earlier, i was at old os looking for ie5 (opera cant handle some pages) and they have all the drivers for Vpc in 3.11 try loooking htere.

NitricAcid666

^ does old os have the drivers for win 3.11 or driverguide

Slash

I said you can IM me if you need that drivers...

Slash

Oh, nevermind here is the link:
http://slash-net3x.narod.ru/S3DRV.rar
I hope you know how to apply them

NitricAcid666

thanks slash its dling now, well its been swhile since i installed drivers in 3.x, but isnt it somewheres in windows setup in the main group or somthing?

JackTheStripper

Exit Windows and open setup.exe from Windows folder.

Slash

Or you can copy the files directly in Win3.11 installation folder.

NitricAcid666

when i went into setup i chose dicsk by manufacturer - but that display brings up all these drivers by SG Trio or soemthing how do i know which one to use?

Slash

It shows a list of available resolutions you can use. Choose best for you, for example, S3 Trio Large Fonts 1024x768 and you are done!

Anonymous

excellent thanks slash, now if only if i could get the soudn and the internet to work in it somehow :P

Slash

Sound? It's easy.
Install soundblaster 1.5 drivers that come with windows 3.1x
And use MSIE2.0 or later to be able to use internet from 3.1x...

NitricAcid666

^ but wont i need to install a modem in 3.x b4 that?

Slash

Without IE you are not able to install a modem in 3.x because the modem installation wizard comes with IE.

nightice

You have WFW right? Find DEC 21140 drivers.

wingzeroismine

err... yeah use network drivers, you can use NAT and get the VM directly online.

NitricAcid666

thanks for the help guys, but ive decided to put windows 3.11 on my armada 1700 laptop. since it serves no other purpose since i have a never one.

Slash

Is it Windows for Workgroups?

Q

I think it's just plain 3.11.

-Q

NitricAcid666

yup ^ well it was was 3.1 but i got the update to make it 3.11 but no fancy networking abilities